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Times-Advocate, 1987-06-17, Page 1r -( irnes - � dvoca Serving South Huron, North Middksex & North Lambton Since 1873 9 hl�j Price Per Copy 60 Cents One Hundred and Sixteenth Year • EXETER, ONTARIO, June 17, 1987 Huron is pilot eme eventually be able to use One central place, to get services the communities will operated and the province will pay for. "It will be a program operated essentially on an outlook basis and cover anything that will accom- modate an elderly person to stay in his or her home - it might be a homemaker to help with Tight housekeeping, a nurse to check on medication regime,a physiotherapist for someone recovering from a broken leg, meals on wheels - any number of those services." Van Horne said he hopes to have a meeting arranged with Huron of- ficials as soon as possible to get the evaluation process started by an in- dependent agency. he said he wants take personal supervision of the program in the in- itial stages. Senior residents of Huron County - will be among the first in Ontario to sample the advantages of "one-stop access" to all the health and social services they need to stay in their homes, Ron Van Horne announced Thursday. The minister for senior citizens' af- fairs said the communities of Seaforth, Exeter, Wingham, Clinton and Goderich, and most of the smaller hamlets in the county, will form one of five pilot schemes he an- nounced in the legislature. "In consultation meetings across the province, senior citizens have repeatedly told me that what they want most is to remain in their homes," the London North MPP said. But many seniors have difficulty getting needed services to allow there this independence because some are either non-existent or insufficiently developed and delivery of others is Cyclist is injured, deer crash victim A 16 -year-old Hensall bicyclist suf- fered facial and scalp lacerations after colliding with a motor vehicle in the village, Friday afternoon. William Scotchmer collided with the vehicle driven by Robert Wareing, RR 2 Kippen, on Richmond St. N., west of Albert St. The youth was taken to South Iluron Hospital for treatment of his injuries and was released that evening. Damage to the bicycle and vehicle was set at $880. In one of two Sunday collisions, a• deer was killed. The animal bounded into a vehicle driven by Vicky Clarke, RR 3 Dashwood. The collision occurred on the Crediton Road west of concession 18-19 and damage to the vehicle was estimated at $900. The other happened on concession 8-9 of Hay, about one km. south of Highway 84, when a vehicle driven by Donald Watson, RR 4 Clinton, went in- to a ditch and struck a culvert. It then came to rest against a tree. Watson and his wife, Grace, were treated in South Huron Hospital for facial lacerations. Damage to the vehicle was set at $3000. During the week, the local detach- ment officers laid 57 charges under the Highway Traffic Act and nine under the Liquor Licence Act. Two people were charged with im- paired driving. * Villa plans fight on Alzheimer fragmented and unco-ordinated. The one-stop approach has been devised to allow communities to organize, with provincial help, a com- plete range of co-ordinated services obtainable through one central agency. "The next step is for one staff to sit down with their (Huron County's) board of health and start negotiating on the extent of home support as it is now and what it should be at full strength," Van Horne said. "We want to fill in all the missing pieces and determine the accoun- tability factors - so the community runs" the program. Huron was one of the first areas to start a provincially financed in- tegrated homemaker program which could be considered a prerequisite for the one-stop centres, he said. It is planned that the elderly will Town permits hit near record total With the exception of the permit for and there were 22 temporary signs to the new nursing home, the month of bring this year's current total to 56. May established a new record in Councillor Morley Hall kicked off building value for Exeter, when it hit discussion.on the near record permit $1,032,416. total, by saying he couldn't unders- This year's total is now running tand nine homes being valued at almost $1 million over last year's $800,000. Ile suggested that would be record pace as it now stands at at par with Toronto and wondered if $2,187,799. The 1986 total for the cor- the price included things such as land, responding period was $1,189,041. which it doesn't.. Oddly enough the number of • per- Councillor Ben Hoogenboom said 6 mics issued for the first five months he was glad he didn't have to pay that in both years was identical at 88. much for a house, terming the There were nine permits issued by escalating costs as "ridiculous". building inspector Brian Johnston for new homes in May with a value of While Johnston said the homes $800,000. There were 19 permits for ' were large, Reeve Bill Mickle said the SA{ residential renovations and additions town could not ignore the need for af- at $129,176: fordable housing in town. He sug- The balance was made up from two gested some of the new homes prices 6A institutional renovations and adds- are such that they could enter a stage tions at $11,390, four commercial at of confining growth. $73,600, one swimming pool at $7,000. Johnston noted that there is con - and eight for tool sheds, sundecks, siderable vacant space on the second carports and garages at $11,250. and third levels of some downtown One permanent sign permit was commercial buildings that could be issued to bring the 1987 total to seven used for apartments.' More on the inside PS students claim four records 'IA Playhouse sets event for bargoons. * Hensoll fair again is popular * Rurgerfest sales on record clip 11A FAIR QUEEN — Beth Sweeney was crowned Queen of the 1987 Spring Fair by last year's winner, Leigh Soldan. Helping with the crowning is runner-up Maria Kochan. VISIT WITH PRESIDENT — Hensall Fair president Bevin Kinsman talks to two young participants Ryan Groot and Luke Bruxer prior to Saturday's parade. T -A photo Rec minager adminis 01' worker is debotod, study and more detailed recommendations. Consideration for the purchase of a new photocopier was sent to the facilities committee, following a let- ter from Skeoch Business Equipment Limited outlining the replacement cost for the present machine at $2,995. it was the only price received. Board secretary Joanne Fields reported the present machine is in need of almost constant repairs and the letter from Skeoch explained that its life expectancy had been 200,000 copies and it has already turned out 273,467. Copies of letters received in 1985 from two firms regarding problems at the rec cente were included in the agenda. They contained suggestions for necessary structural repairs to fix some of the water leakage and deterioration problems. That matter was quickly sidestep- ped by turning it over to the facilities committee as well, although Oke whimsically suggested that the solu- tion may be to cover the facility with • a super dome. Also going to the facilities commit- tee was a matter raised in rec direc- Please turn to page 3• The South Huron rec center board met for over tw6hours, Thursday, but perhaps would have accomplished more by holding committee sessions because that's where most of .the items were passed along. - Even the one recommendation coming from a committee for their deliberations was sent back after con- suming a major portion of the board meeting. That recommendation stemmed from the general government com- mittee and was that facilities manager Cam Stewardson follow his job description and he an ad- ministrator manager and not a work- ing manager. The report said at pre- sent he is fulfilling both roles. Further' to that recommendation was that another full-time person be hired instead of a part-timer now on staff and the new employee would be hired mainly to work on machinery and building maintenance and freeing Stewardson for more administrative duties such as doing grant research, etc. in giving the report, Stephen Reeve Tom Tomes said•there were grants available not now being received and some other duties of the facilities manager have slipped "because he's tried to do too much as a worker". Tomes went on to say the new full- time employee should be a mechanic type who has his own tools, etc. The major opposition to the recom- mendation was quickly presented by Exeter representative Dorothy Chap- .. R Mt• GETS RACING HELMET -- Matthew Baker, student of J.A.D. McCur- dy School receiveda harness racing helmet from his hero Ray McLean. On the right is Brion Illman of the Exeter Lions club who assisted in the presentation. • t -A photo Lad is recipient of hero's helmet Monday was a 'red letter' day for a student at J.A.U. McCurdy School at Huron Park. That's the day Matthew Baker mel his harness racing hero Ray McLean of Port Elgin for the first time. McLean was at the school (o pre- sent Matthew with one of his racirfk helmets acquired through the courtesy of the Exeter Lions club. At a recent'Sportsmen's dinner in Stratford, Jim Pinder of the local Lions purchased McLoan!s helmet in Illman. marmoumneavisommilmmo man who asked what look had been mind". taken at the proposed workschedules A suggestion that a permanent or whether it was based primarily on part-time staff member be considered a request. received support from Tomes Stewardson answered that in part, although others were concerned at a explaining he can't do both jobs in ad- suggestion that a person be hired to ministration and labor. eiiminate benefits. Mrs. Chapman responded that Board chairman Jim Workman and salaries and wages are now about Usborne representative Ken Oke both one-third of the budget and plugging suggested employees should be entitl- in a new full-time employee adds to ed to benefits. one of the biggest expenses which The Exeter woman went on to say stems from employee benefits. the board . couldn't afford a straight She said the committee should have administraor and questioned how looked at the requirements and hiring many hours were required in that a person without an idea of the hours regard. of work required "sticks in my "It's a pretty major step when try - Attack on mischief planned by police. Mischief and resulting damage to public and private properties showed the largest increase in this year's police report and Chief Larry Hardy advised council its prevention "is a goal the force will attempt to tackle in 1987 in an effort to decrease damages". Damage to 65 private properties was $7,562.04 and $900 to six public properties. There was no recovery,. The previous year there were only 10 such incidents. Ile noted that the report showed a decrease in areas of criminal activi- ty such. as break and enter, stolen vehicles and fraud, while assaults and thefts increased slightly. The total number of occurrences in- creased 766 to 3,381 and charges dur- ing the year jumped by 246 over 1985. "Statistical data in this report DOUBLE ASSISTANCE Acting on a recommendation from the general government committee, Exeter council this week approved a grant of $100 to the Iluron Plowmen's Association. The $100 is double the town's con- lribttion for the past several years. A minor discussion by the commit- tee was held on minor sports subsidies and that study has been placed on a charity auction on behalf of the club. hold until more groups present finan- In the past few months Matthew cial statements. and Ray McLean have exchanged let- The lack of statements and requests ters about each other and their by most groups prompted a sugges- interests. tion at the last council session that The helmet presented 'Monday is most appear in good financial the same one worn by McLean when position. he piloted Willow Wiper owned by Bob Council also approved the commit- Ilamather of Hensall to a champion- tee's recommendations that as much ship win in California a few years ago work on town property and facilities in a record time of 1:54. as possible he carried out by the Representing the Exeter Lions at public works department or building Monday's presentation was Brian staff and that at least two quotes be obtained for floor covering for the municipal office foyer. reflects the force's commitment to achieve better policing for the residents of Exeter," Hardy com- mented, adding that in-service train- ing, public education and crime prevention have been areas the force has continued to address in 1986. The fatality of a pedestrian was in- cluded' in the past year's traffic report. There were 156 collisions with 32 injuries and property damage of 8182,746.50. The previous year there were 111 accidents with 27 injuries and damage of $155,720. Break -and enter incidents declined by five to 25 with loss of $1,028 and none being recovered. Thefts increas- ed by nine to 112 and the loss was $37,511.85, of which $2,486.48 was recovered. Stolen vehicles declined to only three from the 1985 figure of 10 and all were recovered, while fraud charges dropped by 25 to 17 in total and the loss was only $490.80. Of that $165.80 was recovered. The report indicated overtime hours were close to the previous year at a total of 546.$ at a cost of 810,666.60. Chief Hardy provided 728 hours of overtime at a cost saving of $14,348.88 and donated hours by force members were listed at 316 hours at a cost sav- ing to the town of $7,107.30. He commended the officers for the many hours they donated "to the bet- terment of policing". The police department budget was underspent by 85,534 at the actual figure of $349,430. A graph shows 77.88 percent of that being for wages and benefits. -Of the total 762 charges laid, there were 215 parking tickets issued, 13 bylaw charges, 317 under the Highway Traffic Act, 99 Liquor Licence Act, 96 Criminal Code, 13 Narcotic Control Act and nine other provincial statutes. There were nine people charged with impaired driving. ing to cut costs," she argued, adding she was not comfortable with. the recommendation. Workman responded that the facili- ty couldn't afford not to have a full- time maintenance and apkeep per- son, adding that some of the lack of maintenance that has led to repairs and cleanup shouldn't have been let slip. ' A motion was presented by Kathy Whiteford that the recommendation 'be approved and sent on to Exeter council, but Mrs. Chapman again entered the discussion to say she was in disagreement with approving a full-time employee when a part-time person could be retained without benefits and also argued that no board members were clear on the time Cam was to spend on administrative duties and what other duties and work re- quired were for other staff members. Workman suggested a compromise that a full-time person be hired on a one-year contract basis, but Mrs. Chapman noted that • there wasn't even a suggested wage for the new employee in the recommendation. it was finally agreed to send the en- tire matter back to the general government committee for further Fisherman's body is finally recovered The body of the second of two arca fishermen missing since April 25 was found Saturday in Lake Huron 1.6 kilometres north of Goderich. Goderich OPP Corporal Chuck Vesse said the bod of William BILL DATERS Raters, 28. of Exeter was spotted off shore by fishermen who contacted police. Daters and his fishing partner. Doug McKay, 32, of Kippen, were last seen when they set out on a fishing trip in their 3.6 metre 12 -foot ► aluminum boat on Lake Iluron. McKay was found washed up on a beach May 23 by a cottager in the Port Albert area, 16 kilometres north of Goderich. An autopsy found the cause of death to be drowning. Vessey said an inquest will not be conducted into the death of Daters, a truck driver for the Hensall District Co -Operative inc. who was to be mar- ried in September to Dale Armstrong of Exeter. Raters and McKay •eren't found earlier despite an extensive hunt by Canadian Forces search and rescue units, the Canadian ('oast Gu, rd, civilian shore searchers and the OPP marine and helicopter units. The boat was found April 28 about 180 metres (600 feet) off shore and eight kilometres south of Bayfield. Two days later the water search was called off with the two men presum- ed dead while provincial police con- tinued the effort on land. Most of the land search was Con- ducted south of Goderich. 4